Israel vs Lebanon
Israel vs Lebanon: Military spending in US dollars
Military spending in US dollars in 2025: $43.7B in Israel and $736M in Lebanon, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Israel, by $42.9B, or 59 times that in Lebanon.
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Israel has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1980.
- In 2025, Israel ranked 13 and Lebanon ranked 86 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars at 2024 prices · SIPRI
| Year | Israel | Lebanon |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $43.7B | $736M |
| 2024 | $45.9B | $636M |
| 2023 | $27.7B | $400M |
| 2022 | $22.2B | $345M |
| 2021 | $23.1B | $407M |
| 2020 | $22.3B | $1.04B |
| 2019 | $21.6B | $2.53B |
| 2018 | $21.3B | $2.86B |
| 2017 | $21.1B | $2.67B |
| 2016 | $19.9B | $2.98B |
| 2015 | $19.3B | $2.54B |
| 2014 | $18.9B | $2.48B |
| 2013 | $17.6B | $2.15B |
| 2012 | $17B | $2.05B |
| 2011 | $16.6B | $2.02B |
| 2010 | $16.9B | $2.07B |
| 2009 | $16.9B | $1.93B |
| 2008 | $17.2B | $1.6B |
| 2007 | $16.9B | $1.75B |
| 2006 | $15.2B | $1.59B |
| 2005 | $14.9B | $1.61B |
| 2004 | $14.7B | $1.58B |
| 2003 | $14.1B | $1.56B |
| 2002 | $14.4B | $1.55B |
| 2001 | $14.3B | $1.66B |
| 2000 | $13.7B | $1.61B |
| 1999 | $12.9B | $1.43B |
| 1998 | $13.2B | $1.21B |
| 1997 | $13.4B | $1.25B |
| 1996 | $13.4B | $1.49B |
| 1995 | $13.1B | $1.7B |
| 1994 | $14.4B | $1.66B |
| 1993 | $15.1B | $1.32B |
| 1992 | $13.7B | $1.59B |
| 1991 | $18.2B | $890M |
| 1990 | $13.4B | $935M |
| 1989 | $12.7B | – |
| 1988 | $16.1B | $294M |
| 1987 | $15.9B | $387M |
| 1986 | $13B | $1.55B |
| 1985 | $14B | $1.99B |
| 1984 | $14.8B | $2.79B |
| 1983 | $13.6B | $2.37B |
| 1982 | $15.3B | $1.33B |
| 1981 | $16.5B | $2.19B |
| 1980 | $14.1B | $2.79B |
| 1979 | $13.3B | – |
| 1978 | $14.9B | – |
| 1977 | $13.7B | – |
| 1976 | $16.1B | – |
| 1975 | $17.4B | – |
| 1974 | $15.7B | – |
| 1973 | $15.3B | – |
| 1972 | $10.4B | – |
| 1971 | $10.3B | – |
| 1970 | $9.5B | – |
| 1969 | $6.98B | – |
| 1968 | $5.66B | – |
| 1967 | $4.47B | – |
| 1966 | $2.74B | – |
| 1965 | $2.47B | – |
| 1964 | $2.36B | – |
| 1963 | $2.31B | – |
| 1962 | $1.94B | – |
| 1961 | $1.51B | – |
| 1960 | $1.27B | – |
| 1959 | $1.17B | – |
| 1958 | $1.1B | – |
| 1957 | $1.17B | – |
| 1956 | $1.33B | – |
| 1955 | $687M | – |
| 1954 | $494M | – |
| 1953 | $404M | – |
| 1952 | $425M | – |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, in constant 2024 US dollars so that years compare, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Israel vs Lebanon
Health
- Life expectancyIsrael: 82.4 years in 2023Lebanon: 77.8 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIsrael: 0.3 per 100 live births in 2024Lebanon: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIsrael: 2.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Lebanon: 15.7 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterIsrael: 99.5% in 2022Lebanon: 47.7% in 2022
- DepressionIsrael: 3.83% in 2017Lebanon: 3.68% in 2017
- Suicide rateIsrael: 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2017Lebanon: 4.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIsrael: 9.26 million people in 2023Lebanon: 5.77 million people in 2023
- Population growthIsrael: 1.42% a year in 2023Lebanon: 0.43% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIsrael: 2.83 births per woman in 2023Lebanon: 2.24 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIsrael: 91.6% in 2025Lebanon: 91% in 2025
- Median ageIsrael: 29.2 years in 2023Lebanon: 28.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIsrael: 12.4% in 2023Lebanon: 9.8% in 2023
- Net migration rateIsrael: 1.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Lebanon: -5.9 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIsrael: 7.81% of GDP in 2025Lebanon: 2.51% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending per personIsrael: $5,108 in 2025Lebanon: $142 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingIsrael: 17.8% of government spending in 2025Lebanon: 16.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelIsrael: 178,000 people in 2020Lebanon: 80,000 people in 2020
- National powerIsrael: 0.38% of world capability in 2022Lebanon: 0.08% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIsrael: 4.23% of the labour force in 2020Lebanon: 4.1% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIsrael: 537 million TIV in 2025Lebanon: 9 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsIsrael: 2.62 billion TIV in 2025Lebanon: 48 million TIV in 2002